Hamada

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A hamada is a type of desert landscape consisting of largely barren, hard, rocky plateaus, with very little loose material.

References

McKnight, Tom L. and Darrel Hess. Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, 8th ed., pp. 495-6. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc. 2005. (ISBN 0-13-145139-1)

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